The BEST episodes of The Food That Built America season 6

Every episode of The Food That Built America season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Food That Built America season 6!

For generations of Americans, food titans like Henry Heinz, Milton Hershey, John and Will Kellogg, C.W. Post and the McDonald brothers have literally been household names, but you don't know their stories. Before they were brand names, they were brilliant, sometimes ruthless, visionaries who revolutionized food and changed the landscape of America forever. This series event will tell the fascinating stories of the people behind the food that built America – those who used brains, muscle, blood, sweat and tears to get to America's heart through its stomach, and along the way built cities, invented new technologies and helped win wars.

Last Updated: 5/6/2025Network: HistoryStatus: Continuing
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7.64
14 votes

#1 - Baking Chocolate Chip History

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/9/2025

A teacher turned restaurateur invents America's most popular cookie which leads to a battle of food giants, and one of the most iconic packaged cookies in history.

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7.58
12 votes

#2 - Coffee: A Brewed Awakening

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/30/2025

Jim Folger discovers a new way to bring coffee to the masses. Then another famous coffee brand gets its big break at the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville. Plus, the creation of the iconic coffee machines that help make coffee a billion dollar industry.

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7.57
14 votes

#3 - Empire of Convenience

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/16/2025

The first convenience store is born, and with new innovations like late hours, to-go coffee, and America's most beloved slushy drink, it rises into an iconic chain with more locations than any other store or restaurant in the world.

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7.50
2 votes

#4 - You Don't Know Jack

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/4/2025

A farmhand named Jack Daniel and a distiller in Tennessee look to bring their quality bootleg whiskey out of the shadows and into a larger market. But against the rise of temperance and prohibition in America, a novel new recipe and Daniel's revolutionary branding tactics pave the way for the best-selling American whiskey in the world.

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7.33
15 votes

#5 - Legends of the Mall

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/2025

Early American malls have no food court, until a cinnamon bun, a pretzel, and a panda all move in to create three of the world's most iconic food brands and transform the American Mall.

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7.33
12 votes

#6 - A Box of Chocolates

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/13/2025

Stephen Whitman introduces Americans to chocolate candy in a sampler box; Russell Stover builds a competing company; both brands help turn chocolate from an unknown import to a boxed American staple, given as a gift of love to this day.

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7.25
12 votes

#7 - Beer Necessities

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/20/2025

A German immigrant looks to revolutionize the American beer industry when he's handed a struggling brewery; his signature beer will go on to amass sales of over 11 billion dollars a year.

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7.25
8 votes

#8 - Asian Food Invasion

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/27/2025

A down-on-his-luck Japanese businessman and a Chinese immigrant and her son change the American palette when they introduce instant noodles in a cup, Peking Duck, and the biggest Chinese restaurant chain in the nation.

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7.11
19 votes

#9 - Movie Theater Munchies

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/2/2025

A struggling chocolate maker and a young theater assistant create the movie theater concession stand and launch the world's most iconic movie candies.

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6.67
18 votes

#10 - Tortilla Takeover

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/23/2025

Bold visionaries risk bringing Mexican food to Americans, creating the top-selling condiment, famous snack chip brands and pairing chips and salsa.

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